Amory and Milo plan to quietly winter in Italy until Amory receives an urgent summons from her cousin Laurel. At Lyonsgate, the country house of Laurel's friend Reginald Lyons, an eccentric and distinguished group of guests have been invited, led by notorious socialite Isobel Van Allen. All of the guests were present when one of their companions was killed years ago-- and Isobel's new book will tell everything that really happened that fateful night....

"Legendary sleuth V.I. Warshawski returns to the Windy City to save an old friend's nephew from a murder arrest. The case involves a stolen artifact that could implicate a shadowy network of international criminals. As V.I. investigates, the detective soon finds herself tangling with the Russian mob, ISIS backers, and a shady network of stock scams and stolen art that stretches from Chicago to the East Indies and the Middle East. In Shell Game, nothing...